1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Football match

Event

1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry	Dublin

3–13 (22)	1–8 (11)

Date

16 September 1979

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

Hugh Duggan (Armagh)

Attendance

72,185

← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 92nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1979 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

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Kerry had Páidí Ó Sé sent off, but still won by 11 points.

It was the fourth of four All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1970s.

Details

16 September 1979 Final	Kerry	3–13 – 1–8	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 72,185 Referee: Hugh Duggan (Armagh)
	M Sheehy 2–6, J Egan 1–1, P Spillane 0–4, E Liston 0–1, J O'Shea 0–1		J Ronayne 1–0, B Doyle 0–3, T Hanahoe 0–2, D Hickey 0–2, A O'Toole 0–1

Kerry

Dublin

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Kerry =

Sub used: 16 V. O'Connor

Sub used: 17 G. Power; 18 G. O'Keeffe; 19 B. Walsh; 20 J. L. McElligott; 21 P. O'Mahony; 22 G. O'Driscoll; 23 T. O'Regan

Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Dublin =

Subs used: 17 J. Ronayne for M. Hickey; 19 G. O'Driscoll for J. McCarthy; 21 B. Pocock for A. O'Toole

Subs not used: 16 S. Doherty; 18 R. Kelleher; 20 P. Reilly; 22 P. Ellis; 23 J. Brogan; 24 A. Larkin; 25 J. Caffrey; 26 P. Canavan; 27 P. Norton; 28 S. Bannon; 29 S. Kearns

Manager: K. Heffernan

References

Harrington, John (29 August 2019). "1979 Final referee Hugh Duggan still going strong".
High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
"Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons

Finals

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

Seasons	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Associated competitions

Provincial Championships
Tailteann Cup
Tommy Murphy Cup (formerly)
Minor Championship (final formerly held on same day)

Statistics and awards

Dublin county football team matches

All-Ireland SFC finals

Pre-1928

Post-Sam Maguire

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

Other matches

Battle of Omagh (2006)
All-Ireland SFC semi-final v Donegal (2011)
Jim Gavin's only championship defeat as manager (2014)

Kerry county football team matches

All-Ireland
SFC finals

Pre-1928

Post-
Sam Maguire

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

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